Painting as I see it.
The title is deliberately lower case. It stands for “the horse might sing.” A prisoner had a year to teach her captors horse to sing, before she was executed. My take is to keep working, have hope, because a lot can happen in a year.
One of the Don’t Be Disappointed series at the beginning of 2022. Yellow isn’t a color I use much, so it was a step in a new direction.
One of the Don’t Be Disappointed series at the beginning of 2022. We were trying to sell some property and several offers fell through. This series is about hope, and incorporates the boxes in an arc from Poly Means Many. Since there isn’t a simple symbol for hope I had few boundaries.
As more billionaires are announced each day, I am struggling. We were trying to sell a piece of property, and I was frustrated as several bids fell through. The arc with boxes in it is from Poly Means Many.
In 2021 Gregg and I started collaborating more closely on a sculpture that became Poly Means Many. Since working in 3-D isn’t my usual medium, I also turned to paint, like a security blanket. The elements I tried to capture in this painting were steel arcs and a stacked glass shaft through a center. After a lot of struggle , I decided to forget about representing a sculpture, and worked on it as a painting. The whole time we were working on Poly Means Many as well, which then influenced the painting. A year and a half later, I’m done. What I have found is that some paintings need a long time to simmer, before you taste them. Declare it’s soup, or add a touch of spice and move on.
Large animals with gaping mouths seem scary. But what if it was just a yawn? Are my circumstances frightening, of boring?
The stairway is paused. It has narrowed to fit through the uprights. It is removable, but the next layers will lock it in place. At Meditation the other day, we discussed whirl. I am thinking of turning the last steps, to break up the linearity. The UV glue is incredibly strong, and thanks to Donna for the new lamp to cure it more quickly. Gregg had to do some jiggery- pokery to get each new step to clamp to the previous one while it was curing. Some nice dry weather has us doing some maintenance and repairs. Poly; means many is “simmering.”
We saw a video on Rachel Whiteread. Her staircases inspired me as I continue to work on Poly: means many. Foamcore and double sided tape gave us approximate sizes and appearance. Gregg is cutting glass. The glue is UV cured. After we use our UV light, the first two stairs went outside on a sunny day for additional curing. 
I have made a base for Poly-means many that will sit inside the steel legs. Except I’m going to have to modify the corners, because they won’t fit. They are too tall. Art, for me is the process, and learning. I have helped build and rehab many houses, so you’d think I would get that “measure twice” rule of carpenters. However, problems and glitches sometimes lead to new ideas. Anyway, most of the topography is made of scraps of plywood. I will insert some pieces of plate glass in some of the gaps. Some are holes, or ruts, like to map of my life. The red wood dye is a Briwax product. I will continue to add more dye to make some areas dark. Because some of the plywood had a hard finish, it barely takes the dye, and other areas are various shades.
Poly-means many
I am trying to understand the many sides of this thing. Maybe like a blind person describing an elephant. I have already used steel wire to make the word “open” which I plan to use to wire the book closed. Along with openings and opportunities, there are limits. After I fashioned the word “limit”, Gregg forged it for me, making it flatter and wider. Then we took a photo to show the shadow, and the light. Many of the words I’m using are opposites, but some are shades of meanings. “Limit” may appear on or near the “glass ceiling.”
